Inside Retail

JULY 7, 2025

Some brands are already making this future real by partnering with companies like Bodd 3D, which provides biometric body scans that help match shoppers to precise sizing, minimising the frustration and returns that come from inconsistent fits. Today’s most effective tech isn’t about novelty or convenience.

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365 Retail

JANUARY 29, 2025

Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2025 is set to return to Fira de Barcelona Gran Via from 4-7 February, welcoming over 1,600 exhibitors and spanning a massive 92,000m. Retailers attending ISE 2025 can: Discover next-generation digital signage and interactive kiosks to enhance customer engagement.

Kiosk

365 Retail

JANUARY 16, 2025

Digital kiosks, for instance, allow customers to explore extended product catalogues and place orders for items not available on the shelves. Streamlined checkout processes, like contactless payments, enhance efficiency and leave customers with a positive impression.

Payment Services

CJ Retail Solutions

JULY 17, 2025

Additionally, rotating your displays regularly can keep the shopping experience fresh and exciting for returning customers. Consider implementing interactive displays or kiosks where shoppers can learn more about products or access exclusive deals.

Store Layout

I Vend

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In the physical world, there are established stores, pop up stores, kiosks, collection lockers and collection and drop off partners. Once the customer has made their final selection, the associate can offer seamless checkout at the same mobile POS device, ensuring that the sale is not lost and giving the customer a highly positive experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 30, 2024

Fortunately, the shift toward diverse checkout options and digital receipts has fostered new touch points for retailers looking to make a memorable impact. In fact, 53% of shoppers under 45 years old prefer self-checkout options , and 89% of consumers of any age like the idea of a digital receipt. Offering new engagement opportunities.

Checkout

Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Asda is testing out a self-service returns “drop box” where shoppers can deposit unwanted or faulty products and be refunded automatically. In the first phase of the trial, Asda staff will use dispensers to serve shoppers from the existing kiosk area.

Payment Services

Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Shopper engagement Chatbots and in-store kiosks: These provide instant assistance to your shoppers seeking information, especially when it comes to those common, easy-to-answer questions. Automated checkout experiences: Retailers such as Apple are pioneering checkout-free shopping. Here are the key areas to apply AI in retail.

Loss Prevention

Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 29, 2021

Some are testing delivery robots, others self-serve mobile kiosks, and some are simply retrofitting flagship, high-traffic locations with AI cameras and sensors. Which impulse items are people buying at checkout? As the pandemic continued, those retailers doubled down on their investments.

Payment Services

Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Starting in the late 1980s with the introduction of self-checkout kiosks and progressing to today’s smart RFID tags and even fully automated storefronts, retail leaders have slowly but surely embraced digital in-store enhancements. Retailers across segments have been expanding their smart store ambitions for decades.

Payment Services

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 28, 2022

Defined as data customers are willing to give to brands/retailers in return for discounts via a loyalty/rewards program or email, zero-party data is an oft-overlooked form of data collection thanks to its simplicity, but is now having a moment that will likely turn it into a permanent fixture in retail marketer’s toolkit.

Kiosk

Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 30, 2022

I will provide you with a return label for an easy-peasy return.” — and another who responded well to a more businesslike tone. More online orders mean higher return rates, and thus more customer interactions. We’re sorry it didn’t fit. Empowering customer service teams to excel at, and be more productive in, their work.

Customer Experience

Frank Mayer

MARCH 22, 2022

With the return of shopping at brick-and-mortar locations, customers’ new normal has pushed businesses to speed up their transitions into the omnichannel market to better bridge the gap between online and in-store experiences. And for various reasons, they have been hesitant to return. The Continued Rise of Self-Service Kiosks.

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Sainsbury’s has removed Amazon’s ‘Just Walk Out’ technology from its checkout-free Holborn Circus store, returning the location to a more traditional checkout setup. A Sainsburys spokesperson told GroceryGazette : SmartShop Pick & Go is no longer available in our Holborn Circus store.

Checkout

Frank Mayer

OCTOBER 12, 2020

While more shoppers return to stores, retail self-service kiosks offer the safe contactless experience and endless aisle options they now seek. Before we dive into how self-service kiosks can assist retail, though, it’s important to address the more pressing concern about the industry first. The Retail Elephant in the Room.

Kiosk

Secure Retail

APRIL 12, 2023

Here at Secure Retail the concept of self-ordering kiosks and unattended payments is nothing new to us. We have championed unattended and kiosk payments for several years, giving us the ability to offer fast, secure and reliable payments from a range of manufacturers and software partners. Samsung Kiosk.

Kiosk

Inside Retail

JULY 17, 2022

We were able to manage the new circumstances that Covid-19 brought about owing to a number of innovations already deployed such as our fully RFID tagged stores as well as 100 per cent self-checkout kiosks with cashless payments, and the RFID-based conveyor system that enables our two-hour island-wide e-commerce fulfilment activities.

Payment Services

I Vend

JULY 15, 2022

Happy customers buy more, return more and tell others. Customer self-service – self-checkout to reduce queues and make for smooth, easy payments. Kiosks to provide customer information, or provide an ‘endless aisle’ facility to order goods that are not in store, reducing lost sales and increasing revenue.

Payment Services

Cisco Retail

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Anne is interested and heads to an ordering kiosk. At the kiosk, Anne sees personalized suggestions for breakfast items based on her profile (including her free coffee order). Because she is a loyalty member, Anne avoids waiting in line and starts her mobile contactless checkout using the Francisco Market app.

Marketing

VMS

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

W ITH THE WORLD adjusting to Covid a few years later as less of a threat and more a part of everyday life, retailers sought to return to business as usual. In California, Amazon-owned Whole Foods stores launched palm-scanning technology at checkout. Happy New Year. INFLATION ON. OF YOUR HANDS. But now they’re clogged.

Visual Merchandising

A1 Retail

JUNE 20, 2024

Digital wallets, including PayPal, are also widely used for online purchases thanks to the simplified checkout process, making wallets the UK’s most popular eCommerce payment method. Regional preferences vary, and trends like Buy Now, Pay Later and self-service kiosks highlight the need for the right payment solutions.

Merchant Services

RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Brands and retailers are connecting with consumers in-store through e-commerce, social media, mobile apps, seasonal kiosks, third-party marketplaces, and more. Perhaps your customers will be swayed by a 10% off or free shipping code that appears in real-time when the customer hovers over the checkout button.

Customer Retention

Star Miconics

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Self-Service Kiosks. Self-checkout kiosks can really be a “two birds, one stone” solution for the holidays: they can alleviate your limited staff’s workload while also giving customers the option to pay at their own pace and without having to worry about coming in contact with another person. Mobile Payments.

Merchant Services

V Count

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

This is not just about the immediate satisfaction they get from the service; this satisfaction often translates into return visits as they are likely to choose the same service again. These return visits and positive word-of-mouth can immensely contribute to the business’s reputation and success in the long run.

Checkout

I Vend

AUGUST 8, 2025

They often combine these within a single transaction – such as click and collect or buy online, return in store (BOPIS). Why this trend matters Staff have real-time inventory information Personal service avoids lost sales Upsell and cross-sell to increase basket size Rapid checkout – no queuing for shoppers 7.

Payment Services

Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 21, 2023

It’s clear there is still much for John Lewis Partnership to do in order to return to former glories, with or without White at the helm. Although White has had some successes, such as the launch of John Lewis value range Anyday, some elements of her plan such as its foray into housing has been met with criticism.

Grocer

365 Retail

JULY 22, 2024

Plus, with the help of these technologies, they can also track their orders and set personalized alerts that will let them know when a product they are interested in returns in stock. Now, with the help of self-checkout kiosks, they can benefit from an efficient and smooth checkout experience.

Checkout

RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Greater Integration of IoT in Retail Internet of Things (IoT) devices, such as smart shelves and connected kiosks, will enhance inventory management and improve in-store customer experiences. For instance, IoT sensors can notify customers of real-time product availability.

Payment Services

Retail Dive

JUNE 11, 2025

Published June 11, 2025 Patrick Cooley Reporter post share post print email license The gift shop chain Lori's Gifts uses checkout-free payments systems. A technological boost could still help checkout-free payments succeed, say industry professionals and consultants.

Payment Services

Inside Retail

APRIL 23, 2024

When I was a kid, the term ‘kiosk’ meant a building at the beach where we would go and buy ice creams and bags of candy with our loose change. The way things used to be in service, before many technological innovations kicked in, is almost unimaginable now; and perhaps we wouldn’t choose to return to that. I was born in the late 1970s.

Kiosk

Retail TouchPoints

MAY 3, 2021

College students will likely return to campuses in the fall, and retailers should already be preparing to greet them. The impact of this is already being felt with data: younger shoppers are more willing to share their information, but they expect hyperpersonalization in return.

Kiosk

V Count

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Enhance Your Delivery System Using zone analytics and discovering visitor flow patterns can help libraries optimize their service delivery and find the ideal places where self-checkout stations or additional staff members should be located. This, too, will eliminate congestion and increase satisfaction at your establishment.

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Retail Geek

JULY 30, 2021

Scot: [6:10] Well how did they decide from the shopping carts Niles big decluttered it you mentioned they have less cues but did they go to kind of more of like a kiosk kind of a much more clear, kind of Department kind of orientation or how. It just it doesn’t seem like they’ve. [6:00]

Visual Merchandising